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A carregar... Walking with Ghosts (edição 2021)por Gabriel Byrne (Autor)
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. What a pleasure listening to the Irish being spoken aloud, like poetry in many parts. Byrne shares his memories of growing up in a loving family in Dublin, the colorful characters of his home, and his desire to be on the stage. He openly shares the hardships and heartbreaks along the way, and finishes with a beautiful tribute to his parents. A beautifully written and candid memoir, Gabriel Byrne here charts the origins of his career as an actor, his struggles with addiction and with being abused by a priest as a child, and life in a working-class neighbourhood of mid-century Dublin. Byrne’s celebrity is almost incidental—while he does mention a handful of encounters with famous names, this is not a “celebrity memoir” as it’s generally understood. I was impressed both by the determined intensity of Byrne’s self-reflection here, and how lacking in showiness or narcissism it was. You can tell that the issues that preoccupy him—mortality, memory, family, belonging—are things that he’s been thoughtful about for quite some time. Byrne has also an actor’s ear for dialogue and paying attention to what he calls “the theatre of the street”—at a remove of 40 years or more, it’d be a surprise if the dialogue presented here was word-for-word accurate, but it absolutely has the blas of Dublin, and I could hear it as I read. An elegant and tender book. Beautifully expressive and poetic autobiography of a successful Irish actor. Raised poor to loving parents, he describes his childhood and what his parents taught him, his loneliness, the drowning of a best friend, and being sexually abused. Attracted to the stage he slowly built up a his acting career often while being drunk. He hated auditions; and didn't care for the superficiality of the acting field. I was surprised at how well written this book is. I truly enjoyed reading it. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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"As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, he harbored a childhood desire to become a priest. When he was eleven years old, Byrne found himself crossing the Irish Sea to join a seminary in England. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled and he quickly returned to his native city. There he took odd jobs as a messenger boy and a factory laborer to get by. In his spare time, he visited the cinema where he could be alone and yet part of a crowd. It was here that he could begin to imagine a life beyond the grey world of sixties Ireland. He reveled in the theater and poetry of Dublin's streets, populated by characters as eccentric and remarkable as any in fiction, those who spin a yarn with acuity and wit. It was a friend who suggested Byrne join an amateur drama group, a decision that would change his life forever and launch him on an extraordinary forty-year career in film and theater. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and reflections on stardom in Hollywood and Broadway, Byrne also courageously recounts his battle with addiction and the ambivalence of fame. Walking with Ghosts is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking as well as a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies"-- Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Were he to have been known as a screen writer, skill at writing would be expected. But Byrne's fame is stage and screen, so the reading experience was joyful. That said, I feel it important to state I rarely if ever read biographies but made an exception that paid off. Born in Ireland, much of his early days seemed logical, including the religious pursuits. I'd have given the book five stars but felt there was far too much dedicated to childhood and not nearly enough of Hollywood. Regardless, he's a master with words and has lead an interesting life ( )